I can't believe I've entered my 3rd decade of life already. I still feel like a teenager!
Turning 30 causes a single girl like me to have an array of emotions. I'm very glad for this life that God has given me and the accomplishments He's helped me to achieve, but then, hitting this mile mark causes me to feel extra sad about the fact that I'm still sans husband and children. *sigh*
In the months leading up to this fateful day (a birthday which would happen to fall on Pentecost, the birthday of the Church!), I announced to all my family that I wanted no gifts and no party. In fact, I wanted desperately for this weekend to pass by as if it were just a normal weekend. I wanted this because I felt that my status in life hadn't changed much since they threw me a surprise 21st birthday party all those years ago.Thankfully, everyone respected my wishes, and my birthday weekend felt like a normal weekend with just a little extra flair of fun. :-)
Doug came up to visit, and we rode our bicycles for almost 2 hours on the Rails to Trails in the cute little village and forests of Mount Gretna. After our workout, we refueled on chocolate milkshakes, chicken fingers, and French fries at the Jigger Shop, canceling out any good we had done for our bodies with the exercise.
Mom and Dad stopped by my apartment with a surprise cake, and the weather was gorgeous enough that we squeezed in a picnic lunch by a beautiful lake.Later that day, after we had feasted on a late night dinner under the stars outside in a courtyard terrace, we met up with Dana, Kate, Stacey, Phil, and James to see Joel's band perform. The band specifically requested that I start dancing, and so off came my heels and onto the dance floor Doug went with me. It was a fun, silly night.
The best part was receiving Dana's gift, the "Emo Boi Survival Kit," an original creation that almost no one else would appreciate! Since we have both dated "emo" guys before and tend to be wildly attracted to them, the kit included tissues (for those emotional tears), a black flower for my hair (to remind him that I'm the girl of the relationship!), and a camera case (since emo kids need to always be updating their melancholy, hair-in-the-face default pic from that wonderful hand-extended-above-the-head angle). But amid all this hilarity, Dana also gave me a sweet note about how much she valued my friendship. So thoughtful!
Another great highlight from my weekend was to hear Andy play the "Happy Birthday" song for me on my green piano, and that night Shawn surprised me with a box of blue and yellow cupcakes. They teased me about my old age by sticking one huge candle on my cupcake!So I guess turning 30 wasn't so bad afterall. :-) Please click on any image in this blog to enlarge it.
